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The Bible Does Not Teach That Damascus, Syria Is About To Be Destroyed
September 8, 2013 March 30, 2016 Adam Maarschalk 22 Comments
The Bible does not teach that Damascus, Syria will be destroyed in our future. We will see why this is true from both a historical and Biblical standpoint. Contrary to many predictions that are rapidly accumulating on the internet, not even Isaiah 17 contains such a prophecy for modern-day Damascus:
The burden against Damascus. "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be for flocks which lie down, and no one will make them afraid. The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they will be as the glory of the children of Israel," says the Lord of Hosts. "In that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob will wane, and the fatness of his flesh grow lean… Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in its most fruitful branches," says the Lord God of Israel (Isaiah 17:1-6).
Isaiah, by his own testimony (Isaiah 1:1), prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, all kings of Judah. Uzziah died around the year 739 B.C. (Isaiah 6:1), and this is generally thought to be the beginning of Isaiah's ministry as a prophet. So it appears that Isaiah delivered this prophecy against Damascus/Syria and Israel less than a decade before both locations were struck by Assyria for the first time.
"…Furious, I dyed like a red flower [Rezin's] charioteers, and their weapons I destroyed, and their horses. I captured his fighters, archers, and shield and lance bearers,.. In order to save his life, Rezin fled alone and entered the gate of his city like a mongoose. I impaled his foremost men alive on stakes and made his land watch. For 45 days I set up my camp around his city and enclosed him like a caged bird. I cut down his gardens, countless orchards. I didn't leave one standing. I besieged and captured Hadara, the ancestral homeland of Rezin of Damascus and the place of his birth. I took 800 people together with their property, their cattle (and) their sheep as spoil. I took 750 captives of the cities of Kurussa (and) Sama (as well as) 550 captives from the city of Metuna as spoil. I destroyed 591 cities from the 16 districts of Damascus like ruins from the Flood…"
So said Tiglath-Pileser III, the king of Assyria, regarding his military attack on Damascus in 732 B.C. (Annals of the Assyrians 23:13'-5' and 23:16'-7'). In this campaign he deported many of the surviving citizens of Damascus, replacing them with exiles from other parts of the empire. This was a common tactic used by Assyria to prevent conquered cities from re-emerging. It also ensured that the people and culture of each conquered territory were not left intact. The State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo), a text database created by a team from the University of Helsinki (Finland) and based on materials found in the royal archives of Nineveh, has this to say about the fall of Damascus at that time:
"In 732 BC, the kingdom of Damascus lost its independence and existence, its holdings carved up into Assyrian provinces. Israel, on the other hand, was allowed to survive, albeit reduced to a fraction of its former size and cut off from the sea" (Source).
Peter Dubovsky, a scholar and professor from Slovakia, recounts the utter ruin of Damascus and the surrounding regions in the aftermath of Tiglath-Pileser's campaign in his work titled, "Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in 734-732 B.C.: Historical background of Isa 7; 2 Kgs 15-16 and 2 Chr 27-28," Biblica 87 (2006), pp. 153-170. It's well-documented and worth checking out (See Link #1 or Link #2).
Israel was then attacked once again in 725 B.C., and after a 3-year siege was completely devastated. (Judah and Jerusalem remained intact until their defeat at the hands of Babylon in 586 B.C.) Damascus and Syria were also hit again in 720 B.C. when the newly crowned king of Assyria, Sargon II, crushed a regional rebellion that included these territories. UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) summarizes what happened to Damascus from this time forward:
"After being defeated twice by the Assyrians, it was definitively conquered by Nebuchadnezzar in 600 BC. It fell into Persian hands in 530 BC, and then in 333 BC it was annexed to the empire of Alexander the Great. The two adjoining areas were unified by the Romans, during the reigns of Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla (AD 197-217). The city was enclosed by a single ring of enclosure walls that are still be identified. After the interval of rule by the Sassanid Parthians, in 636 its fate was sealed permanently as part of the Arab world, becoming the prestigious and monumental capital of the Umayyad caliph. The city then began to expand outside the enclosure walls and enjoyed a time of particular economic prosperity,.." (Source)
Even more important than the validation of secular history, however, is the validation of Scripture. Isaiah 17 is a proclamation against both Syria and Israel. There is no doubt that the warnings against Israel were fulfilled soon after Isaiah delivered them. The northern kingdom of Israel never rose again after Assyria wiped it out. The warning against Israel begins with these words, "In that day…" (Isaiah 17:4). In what day? It would be in the day that Damascus would cease to be a city, would become a ruinous heap, and would have its kingdom taken away (verses 1-3). If Israel's defeat took place in Isaiah's day, as he prophesied, then so did the defeat of Damascus which he prophesied. The phrase, "in that day," doesn't allow for a 2700+ year separation between the two prophecies, as many attempt to create when they insist that modern-day Damascus is about to be destroyed in fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy.
Amos was a contemporary prophet to Isaiah, and his ministry coincided with the reigns of Jeroboam II and Uzziah. Scholars tend to believe that his message was delivered in 750-749 B.C., perhaps a decade before Isaiah delivered his message. This was Amos' warning against Damascus:
"For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with implements of iron. But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir," says the Lord (Amos 1:3-5).
Isaiah's prophecy against Damascus (in Isaiah 17) was an echo of Amos' slightly earlier prophecy. In II Kings 16 we can see the fulfillment of both prophecies (and other prophecies that we're about to look at):
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign…and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem… Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him. At that time Rezin king of Syria captured Elath for Syria, and drove the men of Judah from Elath. Then the Edomites went to Elath, and dwell there to this day. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me." And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin (II Kings 16:1-9).
Isaiah 17:3 says that the kingdom would be taken from Damascus. After Rezin's death, history doesn't record any other king of Damascus. This city lost its king (due to his death) and its people (due to their captivity and deportation). It was no small city, for Tiglath-Pileser said he destroyed 591 "cities" within Damascus. The mega-city of Damascus was the heart of Syria, and Rezin was supremely important to Damascus, as we see in Isaiah 7:
"For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin" (Isaiah 7:8).
Just like in II Kings 16, the greater context of Isaiah 7 shows that Israel (the north) and Syria were joining forces in an effort to destroy Judah and Jerusalem:
"…Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it" (Isaiah 7:1).
Furthermore, the same kind of analogy that we see in verse 8 concerning Syria is also given right afterward concerning Israel:
"Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, so that it will not be a people. The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son [Pekah]" (Isaiah 7:8-9).
So this is what Isaiah highlights concerning both Syria and Israel:
COUNTRY CAPITAL CITY KING
Syria Damascus ("head of Syria") Rezin ("head of Damascus")
Israel (Ephraim) Samaria ("head of Ephraim") Pekah ("head of Samaria")
What is God's response to "these two stubs of smoking firebrands" (Isaiah 7:4) and their alliance against Judah and Jerusalem?
"…the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria" (Isaiah 8:4).
God then goes on to describe Assyria and its king as "the waters of the river, strong and mighty" that He would "bring up over" Syria and Israel (Isaiah 8:7). It's interesting that God compared Tiglath-Pileser to a river, and he described his destruction of Damascus as "hills over which the flood had swept."
This, then, is the background of the prophecy in Isaiah 17. It also helps to explain why Isaiah prophesies, in chapter 17, against both Syria/Damascus and Israel at the same time. They were about to be soundly defeated by the same enemy, and during the same time period ("in that day" – Isaiah 17:4). So, in review:
Amos prophesied that Damascus was to be punished and defeated, and that the people of Syria would be taken captive to Kir.
Isaiah 7 and Isaiah 8 show that Syria (led by king Rezin) and Israel (led by king Pekah) conspired together in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah foretold that both kingdoms would be wiped out by the kingdom of Assyria.
Isaiah 17 again foretells that both Syria and Israel are about to be defeated, and that Damascus would lose its kingdom and be turned into a ruinous heap.
II Kings 16 shows Syria and Israel coming together to attack Judah and Jerusalem; followed by the king of Assyria conquering Damascus, killing Rezin (their king), and taking the people of Damascus captive to Kir.
Isaiah and Amos prophesied concerning events that would take place during the lifetime of the audiences that heard their warnings, not about events that would take place more than 2700 years later in the 21st century. Furthermore, by comparing Scripture with Scripture, and by considering historical accounts, we see how their prophecies were soon fulfilled.
Joel C. Rosenberg (a New York Times best-selling author) and Jan Markell (the founder of Olive Tree Ministries in Minneapolis) are two well-known leaders promoting the idea that current events involving Syria are about to lead to the fulfillment of Isaiah 17. In a September 1st article on World Net Daily, Drew Zahn compiles similar thoughts from Carl Gallups (author and radio host), James F. Fitzgerald (author of "The 9/11 Prophecy"), Bill Salus (author of "Psalm 83: The Missing Prophecy Revealed"), Joel Richardson** (author of "The Islamic Antichrist"), Dr. Tommy Ice, andWalid Shoebat, all agreeing that the stage is set (or being set) for "the Biblical doom of Damascus" to unravel "before our eyes." One prophecy website even shows an aerial photo of the modern city of Damascus with the word "GONE!!!" posted above it in large letters, and Isaiah 17:1 posted beneath it.
If we're not careful, our failure to recognize fulfilled prophecy can actually give way to a desire to see the destruction of people and nations in our world and in our time, so that we can place check marks next to prophecies that were already fulfilled a long time ago. The Bible does not teach that Damascus and Syria are about to be destroyed. It teaches that Damascus and Syria can experience the healing of the water of life that flows through the city of the New Jerusalem, made up of God's people:
"And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations" (Revelation 22:1-2; see also Ezekiel 47:1-12, Hebrews 12:22-24 and Revelation 21:1-27).
**Update: Joel Richardson has clarified that his position is somewhat different than what is stated above. Please see the comment section for that clarification, as well as his explanation of the good work he has been doing to share the viewpoint of Syrian Christians and lobby Congress not to attack Syria.
A follow-up post to this one mainly focuses on Isaiah 17:12-14, showing that it describes how Assyria attempted to defeat Judah and Jerusalem in 701 BC, but miserably failed when God miraculously intervened: "Isaiah 17:12-14 Is Addressed to the Enemies of Judah." Isaiah 17 has everything to do with the 8th century BC, and nothing to do with the 21st century.
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22 thoughts on "The Bible Does Not Teach That Damascus, Syria Is About To Be Destroyed"
excellent post…its amazing to me how some ppl who claim th name of Christ but have not known Him at all, prefer hate to love, have no idea about th ministry of reconciliation which, btw, isnt man's ministry but is th ministry of th Holy Spirit, and who wanna be forgiven but destroy everyone else…to me, they are like a rabid dog …u cant reason wit em and nothing gonna change em…evidence of their stone hearts and not having th heart of Christ by th new birth by th Spirit of God…u kjnow…i worry less about th reputation of christianity from them, then i do about their desire to destroy…th name apollyon comes to mind…
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:11
Thanks, Gianna. I do believe, though, that even people like those you described can change. I've seen it happen. Blessings to you.
i believe its th new birth that makes th change…so yes…i do agree they can be changed as we are all changed by a new heart, a new birth and a new Spirit…apart from Christ, theres no hope for either a right understanding of Scripture bc th Spirit which gives understanding is only present in th new birth…and apart from Christ, Scripture is a tool wielded to form or change public policy…
Shellaine Reese says:
Come to think of it,Gianna and Adam, I have to wonder why you immediately assume people *hate* because they think differently from you! What does that say about your heart? Your heart belies your words.
Thanks for commenting, Shellaine. Yes, there are certainly different schools of prophecy. Most of my friends hold different views than I do, and I've enjoyed many light-hearted conversations about eschatology with different ones. I wouldn't dream of breaking fellowship with them over such differences.
I'll let Gianna speak for herself, but I don't immediately (and often don't ever) assume hatred on the part of those who hold different views than I do. When I examined a lot of the online articles stating that Isaiah 17 is about to be fulfilled in our day, I saw a range of sentiments. Some said things like, "Above all we need to be in prayer for the people of Syria" (to which I say, "Amen"). Others seemed very excited at the thought of the entire city of Damascus and 2.8 million people being wiped out (which made me cringe, to say the least). Most fell somewhere in the middle of this spectrum. I was hoping to remain balanced when I said in my post above:
"If we're not careful, our failure to recognize fulfilled prophecy can actually give way to a desire to see the destruction of people and nations in our world and in our time, so that we can place check marks next to prophecies that were already fulfilled a long time ago."
my comment about hate has to do with Christ and His mandate to love and not hate; to seek no recompense, to bless and not curse…such a mandate is impossible for th old man to fulfill, indeed, Jesus Christ alone fulfilled th law and prophets and pleases th Father…we must be born again…to use Scripture, which testifies of Christ, to form policy and public opinion which goes directly against Christ, denying that He fulfilled all th law and th prophets, is hate and has nothing to do with Christ…we see Scripture used all day to push thru political agendas and which prove those who do so are not born of ht Spirit, have no new heart from th Father and no indwelling Holy Spirit…among believers, we are assured that th Lord will make all thangs clear to His ppl…among believers there is no argument…Scripture, which testifies of Christ, has been used in this country (usa) to justify slavery, wars of every kind, and every kind of evil against vairous and different ppl; Jesus Christ preached, lived and makes it possible for His ppl to do good and return good for evil…to love and not hate…not to seek after th destruction of whole countries, but to hope all thangs, for th reconciliation that Christ laid down His life for…
Christ fulfilled th law and th prophets…He has come in th flesh and th OT is done away with, fulfilled, satisfied and finished…we cant return to th OT and seek understanding apart from Christ…all Scripture testifies of Christ..He died once for all…and is reconciling th world back to th Father…
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Shell@yahoo.com says:
It has nothing to do with hate. It's a different school of thought re prophecy. There are about four, you know. And consider, too, how the prophecy against Tyre and Sidon was fulfilled in stages–partway by Nebuchadnezzar, then totally by Alexander the Great who swept the foundations into the sea to build a causeway to an island where the people had escaped to, where he wiped them out. The great city became nothing more than a fishing village–but not right away.
Roy Galutia says:
no one wants 2.8 million people to be wiped out least of all me …how ever Isaiah 17 does say it will happen …it may be the action of man thru War or Gods using natural means….
I am extremely happy that Assad may be taking up Putin offer to remove the Chemical Weapons …hope he follows through….
Roy, I'm glad as well to see that Assad says he will take up Putin's offer. This whole situation is quite a story.
I remain convinced that Isaiah 17 does not at all speak of modern-day Syria, and that this prophecy was fulfilled in Isaiah's own day. By the way, why do all the people of Damascus have to be "wiped out"? I've seen others on the internet, who believe that this prophecy remains unfulfilled, suggest the same thing. The text just says that Damascus would cease to be a city, that it would be a heap of ruins, and that the kingdom would depart from there. It doesn't say anything directly about people being killed. When Tiglath-Pileser, in his own words, destroyed 591 cities in Damascus, I imagine that a number of people were killed, but he testified that many of the inhabitants of Damascus were deported (alive) to other parts of the Assyrian empire.
Joel Richardson says:
"Joel Richardson (author of "The Islamic Antichrist")… [agrees] that the stage is set (or being set) for "the Biblical doom of Damascus" to unravel "before our eyes.""
Actually, if you took the time to either my article on the subject or the actual portion of the article which cites me, you would know that I argue for just the opposite of what you claim.
I do not see the events in Damascus now as setting the stage for the imminent fulfillment of Isaiah 17. Rather I place the ultimate fulfillment of this passage in the context which Isaiah himself places the larger section of the oracles of Isaiah 13-23; in the Day of the Lord.
And rather than futurism inspiring hate as your article infers, as a classic premillennialist (holding to the eschatology of the early Church), I have been working very hard for the past two weeks to raise up resistance within congress to the President's plans to attack Syria. I would encourage everyone to consider the interview I conducted with some Syrian Christians and pass the following interview around on your various social networks:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/syrians-warn-west-about-dangerous-allies/
Joel, thank you for stopping by and setting the record straight on your position regarding Isaiah 17. I apologize if I misrepresented your view(s) in any way. I did take the time to read the entire WND article that cites you, including the portion about your position. I regarded you, in particular, as one who was suggesting that the stage is "being set" (rather than already set) for the Isaiah 17 prophecy to be fulfilled. I should have qualified your position more, or left your name out altogether, and for that I do apologize.
Thank you for sharing the link to your interview and the WND article on what Syrian Christians are saying about the implications of US involvement on the side of the rebels. It's a very informative interview and article, and I appreciate your work in that regard and all that you've done to "raise up resistance within congress to the President's plans to attack Syria." May the Lord cause your efforts to bear good fruit. In that article, the Syrians sure do have some on-point rebukes for former president Bush, president Obama, John McCain, and our media.
Regarding Isaiah 13-23 we clearly have different views, which is OK. I see Isaiah 13, for example, as a prophecy about ancient Babylon's impending downfall at the hands of the Medo-Persians. The Medes are specifically mentioned in verse 17. The fulfillment of this prophecy, I believe, is shown in Daniel 5-6.
As another example, we have Isaiah 17:12-14, where Isaiah appears to switch directions from the 11 previous verses. Numerous older Bible commentaries (e.g. by John Wesley, Adam Clarke, John Gill, etc.) see these verses as still pertaining to Assyria, but as a reference to Senaccherib instead and his attack against Judah around 701 B.C. (Source). If this is true, then the fulfillment of this prophecy is recorded in II Chronicles 32:1-22 and II Kings 19:35 ("And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians 185,000; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead").
All countries should follow Syria's example of being prepared to have their chemical weapons under the control of the UN.
Thanks for your feedback, Gordon. I have mixed feelings about the United Nations, but no doubt it would be good to see all chemical weapons disappear.
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This post only covered the first six verses of Isaiah 17. As a follow-up, a new post has just been published which covers Isaiah 17:7-14, the final eight verses. I propose that Isaiah 17 is essentially a three-part prophecy which covers:
1. how Assyria defeated Damascus and Syria in 732 BC (verses 1-3)
2. how Assyria defeated the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC (verses 4-11)
3. how Assyria attempted to defeat Judah and Jerusalem in 701 BC, but miserably failed when God miraculously intervened (verses 12-14).
I find the last section of Isaiah 17 to be especially fascinating. This new post can be seen here:
http://kloposmasm.com/2013/09/17/isaiah-1712-14-is-addressed-to-the-enemies-of-judah/
Another great post! My husband and I were talking yesterday about how this needs to be fulfilled and now, another faulty notion bites the dust! Thank you! 🙂
Sam Son says:
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsAdam,
I have been reading the back and forth arguments concerning this verse. And hey, I have seen strong cases on both sides. With the recent controversy concerning the Syrian president, it does make one wonder who is right. So I came up with a sure fire way to determine the winner of the debate.
If Damascus get turned into a heap of ruins, we will know that the US is close behind per Isaiah 18. and that you were wrong. Our "fearless" leader trump is threatening to shower them with missiles even if the Russians interfere. He even referred to them as Smart in order to rattle the Russians. So if Damascus turns into a heap of ruins, I would expect you to fix this article. And if not, carry on. I just don't know the answer to the riddle.
I hope you are right but the question lingers.
Sam Son
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Bert GRAEF says:
Why did you leave out the key to understanding Isaiah ch 17? It is found in the first few verses of Isaiah ch 9
sorry, not Isaiah ch 9. I meant Isaiah ch 7.
Hi Bert. Thank you for your comments. I did mention Isaiah 7 in this post. What specifically do you see in Isaiah 7 that I didn't cover in this post?


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REIMS, France - The U.S. Women's National Team will face off against Spain Monday in the knockout round of the Women's World Cup.
Spain, ranked No. 13 in the world, reached the knockout stage for the first time in only their second-ever appearance at the Women's World Cup.
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The team, known as La Roja or "The Red" in Spanish, finished second place in Group B with four points.
USWNT was dominant during the group stage of this year's World Cup, winning their matches against Thailand, Chile and Sweden, respectively. The team also marked a Women's World Cup record for the total goals in a group stage at 18.
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Team USA and Spain met for the first time just this January in Alicante, Spain, during an international friendly match. USWNT won 1-0 after Christen Press scored the winning goal in the 54th minute of the game, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation.
The teams will battle it out on the pitch at noon EST in Reims, France.
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Q: Running programs in the background from terminal How do I run a program in the background of a shell, with the ability to close the shell while leaving the program running?
Lets say my UI is having problems or for some reason, I need to boot up a program from the terminal window, say, nm-applet:
nm-applet

When it's started, it occupies the foreground of the terminal window.
Is there any simple way to run the program in the background without needing to leave the terminal open or have it occupy the whole terminal?
On that note, I did find a way to run programs from the terminal and have it allow for other inputs, by appending an ampersand (&) to the command as such:
nm-applet &

But this isn't much use as any processes started in the terminal are killed once the terminal is closed.

A: Here's the two ways I'd go with. Firstly, not running it from a terminal; hit Alt+F2 to open the run dialog, and run it from there (without &).
From a terminal, run
nm-applet &

But do NOT close the terminal yourself. That is, do not hit the X-button to close, and do not use File -> Exit from its menubar. If you close the terminal that way, it will send a HUP (Hang UP) signal to the bash running within, which in turn will send the HUP signal to all its children (which is why nohup works in this case).
Instead, exit the shell by running exit or hitting Ctrl+D. bash will then disown its children, then exit, leaving the background processes still running. And when bash exits, the terminal has lost its child process, so it will close too.
Doing it all at once:
nm-applet & exit

A: I've recently come to like setsid. It starts off looking like you're just running something from the terminal but you can disconnect (close the terminal) and it just keeps going.
This is because the command actually forks out and while the input comes through to the current terminal, it's owned by a completely different parent (that remains alive after you close the terminal).
An example:
setsid gnome-calculator

I'm also quite partial to disown which can be used to separate a process from the current tree. You use it in conjunction with the backgrounding ampersand:
gnome-calculator & disown

I also just learnt about spawning subshells with parenthesis. This simple method works:
(gnome-calculator &)

And of course there's nohup as you mentioned. I'm not wild about nohup because it has a tendency to write to ~/nohup.out without me asking it to. If you rely on that, it might be for you.
nohup gnome-calculator

And for the longer-term processes, there are things like screen and other virtual terminal-muxers that keep sessions alive between connections. These probably don't really apply to you because you just want temporary access to the terminal output, but if you wanted to go back some time later and view the latest terminal activity, screen would probably be your best choice.
The internet is full of screen tutorials but here's a simple quick-start:

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*http://thingsilearned.com/2009/05/26/gnu-screen-super-basic-tutorial/

A: I can recommend the byobu terminal. You can easily detach your process by pressing the F6 key.

A: Although there are good answers above, I would like to give my 2 cents on how I use MATLAB in background.
sudo -b matlab

The -b tag of sudo can run applications in background. You can also close the terminal after executing this command.
Probably, unrelated but there is wonderful website that you can use to explain shell commands.
http://explainshell.com/explain/8/sudo

A: As you pointed out, you can run
nohup nm-applet &

to ignore the end signal when closing the terminal. No problem with that.

A: One thing that many other answers are missing is how to detach a running process that currently blocks the shell. In most terminals and shells, Ctrl+Z will halt the running process and bring you back to an input prompt. Then, you can issue
bg

to send the running process into the background. Issue
fg

instead to put the running process back into the foreground.
EDIT: More detail in this answer I discovered later.

A: Use (exec PROGRAM &> /dev/null & ) to  allow PID of subshell to be taken over by PROGRAM.  I've tested this approach multiple times with several different programs. Closing the original terminal has no affect on the newly-spawned program
Small demo:
$ # this is before running
$ (exec firefox &> /dev/null &)
$ # and look, we still in side the terminal and can continue working

A: The modern and easy to use approach that allows managing multiple processes and has a nice terminal UI is hapless utility.
Install with pip install hapless (or python3 -m pip install hapless) and just run
$ hap run my-command  # e.g. hap run python my_long_running_script.py
$ hap status  # check all the launched processes

See docs for more info.

NOTE: I'm the author of this package.

A: I dont know its the right way but i just start another session while leaving the previous one allone. For example i ran a simple web server on my raspberry. the web.py one. then i start a new session while leaving it alone. thats it. it also is wuite useful since you are still updated even though you are workin on the other session.

A: In case KDE is used, you can also use kstart, which will start your program detached from the terminal. It also makes sure that the KDE environment is correctly setup for the command.
(See kstart.cpp source code for reference. As you see from there, it uses KProcess::startDetached, and KProcess is derived from QProcess, and startDetached starts a new process, and detaches from it.)
Similar is also kde-open or xdg-open or gnome-open.


Photo book lovers in San Francisco are in luck. Wayne Bremser has created a custom Google Map of city locations selling new and used photo books. I think it would be great if every major city had one of these. Agree? Create a local photo book map, send it to me, and I'll post here.
Also on the subject of maps, Jen Bekman's 20 x 200 today released a new watercolor map of Portland by Stamen Designs. Unlike Wayne's map above it's not very good as a practical tool. But it sure is purty to look at. And it does work in a roundabout way. Place a finger anywhere on it at random. You'll probably be near a used bookstore, at least a coffee house showing photos.
Great link, Matt. I had seen this before but couldn't remember where. So thanks for the comment.


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Joseph Heler Ltd wins Best Hard Cheese award at Fine Food NW Awards
CHEESE maker Joseph Heler Ltd has won the Best Hard Cheese award at the Fine Food NW Awards with its traditional coloured Cheshire.
TheŠawards celebrate the variety of food that is produced, reared, baked or processed in the North West and Hatherton-based Helers beat off competition.
Managing director of Joseph Heler Ltd, Mike Heler, said: "We are delighted to receive such fantastic recognition for our product. We see theŠFine Food NW Awards as a stamp of approval from the industry, confirming the quality of our offer to existing and prospective customers alike."
Hand-crafted to a recipe over 100 years old, the traditional coloured Cheshire is produced in Joseph Heler's Laurels dairy, where it is clothbound and made with techniques first used by Joseph Heler's grandmother.
The top 10 category winners will automatically be entered into the Food NW 'Fine Food Producer of the Year' category and invited to attend the Food NW Awards dinner on Thursday, June 24 at the Midland Hotel, Manchester.
Meanwhile, the firm is celebrating success at the Bath & West Show, where it claimed gold for its Caerphilly cheese as well as a bronze for its Wensleydale.


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Despite Canada's status as one of the world's leading democracies, new research shows that just over half of the population is satisfied with the way Canadian democracy works—a 20-point drop in less than 10 years. Canadians are even less satisfied with Members of Parliament, and a leading source of this dissatisfaction centres on MPs' priorities: Canadians feel MPs do a better job representing the views of the party than they do representing their constituents.
Democratic Satisfaction
New public opinion research commissioned by Samara reveals that only 55% of Canadians report being satisfied with the way democracy works in Canada. Notably, this view is consistent across Canada regardless of gender or province of residence. (The single exception, Francophone Quebecers, reported even greater levels of dissatisfaction.) While dissatisfaction with politics is by no means new, an identical survey question1 asked in 2004 saw Canadians' satisfaction with democracy at a much higher rate of 75%.
Although Canadians believe their democracy is successfully enabling freedoms of expression and equality, they are disappointed with their political representation. In particular, Canadians indicated feeling that their elected representatives often are not accountable for their actions nor do they pay attention to what Canadians think.
If Canadians don't believe that those elected to represent them are listening, what do they think their representatives are doing?
The Role of the MP
When asked about the performance of Members of Parliament, only 36% of Canadians were satisfied with how MPs do their jobs. Samara dug underneath this dissatisfaction by looking more closely at Canadians' views on the key roles of an MP and found a strong divergence between the roles Canadians most value and their assessment of how well MPs perform in those roles. (See above chart.)
When asked to assess MPs' performance for each role, Canadians gave most a failing grade of less than 50%.
Although this bleak report card suggests a need for all-round improvement, one result is particularly worrisome. Canadians awarded MPs the highest marks at representing the views of their party, fully 15 points higher than the mark they awarded for representing the views of the Canadians who elected them to office.
In other words, Canadians feel MPs are doing the best job at the very thing Canadians see as a low priority: representing the views of their political parties.
In Samara's MP Exit Interview project, in which 65 former MPs were interviewed about their life in politics, many said they went to Ottawa to represent their constituents to the country. "I've always been driven by trying to represent the people who elect me," said one.
Many cited a desire to bring constituents' views forward. "I ran on an unofficial platform but one that was very clear to me. It consisted of what I was hearing over and over again at the doorstep: 'If we elect you, we want you to take our message to Ottawa, and not the other way around,'" said another.
But when they arrived in Ottawa, many MPs realized that their work was often circumscribed by an unexpected player: their political party.
The Party Wins Again
In Samara's MP exit interviews, many former MPs reported feeling that they spent too much time working in the interest of their parties. "I realized early on that ... you're there to vote the party's position more or less, or you're there to represent the party to the public," observed one.
Others felt discomfort when party discipline forced them to vote against their constituents. As one former MP summarized, "... the party isn't always right for my riding. The party, in [many] instances, was terrible for my riding."
Samara's survey research confirms that MPs are not the only ones who recognize the primacy of political parties. Canadians sense it too, and feel that their MPs' work representing constituents is falling short when compared to MPs' representation of their parties.
Certainly, part of an MP's role is to explain the positions of one's political party, but to what extent should it come at the expense of the ability to represent constituents' views to the party and Parliament? What does it suggest about Canadian political parties if both MPs and citizens see those parties as being at odds with MPs' abilities to represent their constituents?
Leaders We Turn To
Despite their dissatisfaction with MPs' performance, this research suggests that Canadians understand the importance of MPs and look to them to tackle public problems. For example, when asked to whom they turn when it comes to policy issues that concern them, Canadians' number one choice was Members of Parliament, followed by elected leaders at other levels. In fact, political leaders outranked all other groups, including business, interest groups, the media, protesters, non-profit and international organizations or religious leaders.
Parties play a critical role in Canadian democracy. They are responsible for engaging citizens in politics, selecting candidates for elected office, aggregating diverse policy perspectives and contesting elections. They dominate the public's understanding of politics, such that most people cast their vote for a party and rarely elect independent MPs.
Given these important responsibilities, it is unfortunate that parties are often described as being at odds with citizens, rather than a vital conduit between citizens and government.
Clearly, steps should be taken to ensure political parties—and the MPs who serve in them—better reflect citizens and their priorities. Former MPs pointed to many examples of ways they could provide successful local representation within caucus, committees, and even at certain times on the floor of the House of Commons. However, this new research suggests that MPs' efforts are not well-recognized or that they're overshadowed by political party messaging.
With the citizen at the centre, the political system would be both more representative and accountable, something that would contribute to citizens' increased satisfaction with Canadian democracy.
Over the last year, Samara has undertaken research into the state of our political process, which we're presenting in a series of reports. These Samara Democracy Reports are designed to increase Canadians' understanding of politics, investigate commonly held assumptions, provoke questions and elevate the discussion on the health of Canadian political and democratic participation in Canada.
"Who's the Boss?" is the fourth in the series. You can read earlier reports here.
Samara's public opinion research also indicated that two thirds of Canadians believe their interests are not being represented in Ottawa.
Are they right? Samara's next report "Lost in Translation or Just Lost?" seeks to answer this question by examining the topics MPs discuss in the House of Commons and comparing it with what Canadians say they're concerned about. Read Samara Democracy Report #5 here.
Appendix and Acknowledgements
1. The 2004 Political Support in Canada study was conducted by Harold D. Clarke, Jason Feifler, Allan Kornberg and Thomas J. Scotto. Field work was carried out by Polimetrix.
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MUMBAI - Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who has sung a rendition of Lata Mangeshkar's "Allah Tero Naam", says he prays for peace between India and Pakistan. Rahat has joined hands with Kaushiki Chakraborty to recreate the song as a part of an India-Pakistan peace project. The song also has the original voice of Mahatma Gandhi in the background as he recites a speech on peace and tolerance.
The initiative is taken by The Fusion Project, an Oxford-based band of Western and Indian-classical musicians, read a statement to IANS. "I selected this song because it gives me the message of peace. It gives a message of unity. Music to the recreated version has been given by one of my students from the Oxford University," Rahat said. "When they played the song, I felt really nice. Peace between India and Pakistan is not just my wish. It is perhaps the wish of most of us. After all, we belong to a very similar culture," he added. Earlier this year, Rahat faced a backlash for singing the song titled "Ishtehar" -- a soulful rendition -- for Indian film production "Welcome To New York".


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PrimeGlobal expands presence in India with four members
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International accounting and advisory network PrimeGlobal is rapidly expanding its coverage in India – a key market in the firm's global growth strategy.
PrimeGlobal is among the ten largest associations of independent accounting and advisory firms across the globe, currently operating with 300 member firms in 90 countries across the world. So far in 2020, the network has been engaged in concerted efforts – led by Executive Director for PrimeGlobal Asia Pacific George Guo – to expand its India presence, adding four Indian member firms since the start of the year.
MHA & Associates is a Hyderabad-based firm offering a host of professional services, ranging from auditing & assurance to GST compliance, transfer pricing, outsourcing & payrolling, income tax advisory and forensic audits, among a whole host of others. The firm boasts a clientele that spans most major states in India, with some generating a turnover of up to Rs. 200 crore.
Pioneer One Consulting is based in Chennai, and its value-added accounting and advisory services include audits, payrolling, tax compliance and regulatory compliance, among others. Pioneer One serves clients of all sizes – from small and medium enterprises to large corporates – and operates with the underlying objective of drawing foreign investment into India.
MS Chhajed & Co. is an Ahmedabad-based chartered firm specialising in assurance, advisory and tax services. The firm is tech-focused and looks to meet the evolving accounting needs that are emerging in a digitalised world. The small, sub-ten team of professionals has grown its client-base steadily since it was formed in 1988.
Suresh & Co was founded in Bengaluru in 1968, and has since grown into a practice with nine partners and an additional branch in Chennai. The firm's suite of services includes audit and assurance support, M&A transaction services, tax & regulatory compliance, as well as investment banking support for family businesses.
All four firms now add to PrimeGlobal's presence in India. PrimeGlobal Chief Executive Officer Steve Heathcote indicated that India's expanding economy was an appealing prospect for the firm. As thousands of businesses look to rebuild in the wake of Covid-19, Heathcote expects demand for professional services to keep rising in the near term.
"I am delighted that PrimeGlobal has strengthened our position in India. During challenging times, we are really proud that we continue to attract dynamic members who are leading the way to help their clients use technology and build the foundations necessary for grow. Our member firms have a critical role to support business and build economic confidence. We are all learning from their positivity, global mindset and innovation," he said.
The India expansion builds on PrimeGlobal's record expansion efforts in the last fiscal year, which saw the firm register a 10% revenue increase to reach $3 billion. The network's headcount also jumped by 7% over the period to reach 24,000 professionals.
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You can use the Freshtix app to see information on your ticket sales, scan tickets for your event and pull up a list of your customers. Here's more information on how to scan tickets, what the app looks like and ticket scanning reports.
If you don't already have the app download on your device, go to your app store to download the free Freshtix ticket scanning app.
WHAT DO TICKET BUYERS RECEIVE?
When a ticket buyer receives their tickets via email, they are given two attachments.
Mobile Tickets – A QR Code will open and can be scanned directly on phone screen.
When using the camera on any mobile device as a barcode scanner, the battery on your device will drain much faster than during normal use.
This is not only for your protection, but the equipment as well.
Scroll to the bottom of the page on the ticket scanning dashboard to see a list of all price types. Click "Edit Scannable Price Types" to select which price types should be scannable with this device. NOTE: this is only for this device and not all devices.
Launch the scanner. Make sure the barcode you're scanning is in the center of the green square. Hold the scanner about 10 (ten) inches away from the ticket or phone you're scanning. You can choose the color the screen displays when scanning different types of tickets. This will help your scanning staff to spot different ticket types at the door. Here's how!
A 'VALID scan' means the ticket is valid and the Patron can enter. This will default to a green scan. You can change the color of the screen under your price type settings.
A Yellow warning message indicates a DUPLICATE scan and is a warning indicating the ticket was already scanned less than 30 seconds ago. More than likely this is an error due to the person scanning. Yellow scans are always treated as VALID scans.
A Red warning message is an INVALID scan and indicates the ticket is not valid for the event. The reason why will populate on the screen.
Manual check-in displays a list of every attendee by name. Here, you can search for an attendee and check them in on the app.
To view a report to show your ticket scan times in 15-minute intervals, visit the Analytics section on your event dashboard.


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Thomas Samuel "Tom" Okker (Amsterdam, Països Baixos, 22 de febrer de 1944) fou un tennista professional neerlandès. Va destacar tan en categoria individual com en dobles, ja que va estar en el Top 10 del rànquing individual durant set temporades consecutives arribant a ser número 3, però els èxits més importants els va aconseguir en categoria de dobles, en el qual fou número 1 l'any 1979.

Biografia
Des de mitjans dels anys 80, Okker es va involucrar en l'art i va participar en la creació de la galeria d'art Jaski a Amsterdam, especialitzada en treballs del moviment artístic CoBrA. El 2005 fa fundar la galeria d'art Tom Okker Art a Hazerswoude-Dorp, on viu actualment.

L'any 1969 fou escollit el millor esportista neerlandès de l'any. Jueu per ascendència paterna, fou admès en el Saló de la Fama Internacional Jueu dels Esports l'any 2003.

Torneigs de Grand Slam

Individual: 1 (0−1)

Dobles: 5 (2−3)

Palmarès

Individual: 63 (33−30)

Dobles: 114 (78−36)

Períodes com a número 1

Dobles mixts: 1 (0−1)

Trajectòria

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Did you ever encounter any downed pilots, downed planes?
Um, no. I did not, though it turned out later that the family down the road about a mile from where we were, there were also people hiding there, it turns out after the war that the man was actually a Jewish man, he was hiding in his own house, this is the strangest thing I had ever heard. He pretended to be an uncle to the family and whenever anybody suspicious was around he would disappear, he just kind of wasn't there, but he was there, and uh, anyway they had a radio that they listened to the BBC and my father would go over there, and apparently some down fliers came through there and my oldest brother uh had contact with them in that hut, the resistance hut that he was in, occasionally pilots came through not in Forthausen, we were just uh, four Jews in hiding trying to survive, um, but there were down planes, there was one night when a British plane, a Mosquito it was a twin engine recognizance plane, crashed very close to us and both pilots were killed, we went there the next day and saw their bodies scattered all over the place and collected a dog tag and a map and some other items from this horrible scene, wrote to the families after the war and, of course, they already knew. Uh, that made a big impression on me. One morning we woke up and there had been an allied drop of supplies for the underground which had drifted and landed in the wrong place. We came out of our little cottage and right in front was this huge metal canister with a parachute that had gotten caught in the apple tree. My father said, "oh the apple tree is in bloom." But it turned out to be this parachute [laughs] that had draped over it. And we opened up this huge case and it was full of guns. There must have been 50 or 75 guns inside this thing. All of that hands fell into German hands, by the way, because some farmer called the Nazis and all the stuff never reached the underground. Except for one basket. A huge basket of supplies that fell into a ditch and was never found by anybody until later. It contained a radio, which the people in that other house got, some food, we got a can of rice pudding. Military can of rice pudding which we saved, it was like some sort of divine food from the gods come down from Mt. Olympus. And we opened it, we did not open it until we were liberated. We celebrated being liberated by opening the can of rice pudding and the candy bars, the Hershey bars we saved until we were reunited with my mother. Which turned out to be a real disappointment because she had boxes and boxes of fresh Hershey bars that she brought when she came. But, that didn't matter. Uh, it was just another incident was this drop and my brother took the parachute and he had buried it. Wonderful nylon cord and all that material, you can't believe how precious that was. And, 20 minutes later a policeman, a Dutch policeman knocked at the door and said, where's the parachute that belongs to this? We said, we don't know, we don't know anything, and he said, and he looked at Ed and said, "you better put that back or they will take you." Now there is an example of a "good" Dutch policeman. So, he put the parachute back. He did cut a couple lengths of cord, because there was so much cord and we had this wonderful nylon cord, we couldn't resist taking something. Um, probably the biggest single thing that happened was the liberation.


It's seems like a while ago now, but the inaugural Wynnum Seafood Festival on Saturday 22nd October was a great hit. Estimates put the number of people who came along at anything between 10,000 and 15,000 and the festival showed off what is possible for a fun event in Wynnum, with not only the main street being devoted to seafood vendors, but the laneways converted into music venues and bars.
In fact many of the seafood stalls must have slightly underestimated turnout – some ran out of seafood quite quickly.
The organisers and sponsors of the event – Niclin Developments – are saying that it will be 'bigger and better' next year. We're looking forward to it already.


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Gov. Doug Ducey's claim about Arizona students' test scores misses the mark
Adrienne Dunn
THE MEDIA: Speech
WHO SAID IT: Doug Ducey
OFFICE HELD: Governor of Arizona
PARTY: Republican
THE COMMENT: "Look at all that's happening around us. Our crime rate is dropping, and school test scores are rising ..."
THE FORUM: State of the State address
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT: Have AzMERIT test scores risen since the test's inaugural year and how do recent scores compare to previous years?
OUR RATING: One star: Mostly false.
ANALYSIS: In his annual State of the State address on Jan. 13, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey pointed to positive signs throughout the state and said, "Look at all that's happening around us. Our crime rate is dropping, and school test scores are rising. ..."
The statewide AzMERIT test results give the most comprehensive year-to-year look at Arizona's test scores. The exam was introduced in 2015 — the same year Ducey was first inaugurated as governor — to revamp the state's standardized exams and test new, more rigorous benchmarks. The exam is the state's most widely administered annual assessment and allows parents and educators to track students' progress and college readiness.
Students in third grade through high school take the exam, and in the test's first year, more than half of students in every grade level failed both English language arts and math. Since then, overall pass rates have stalled around 40% in both subjects.
In 2015, 42% of students overall passed the math portion of the exam, while 40% passed English. In 2019, 42% passed math and 42% passed English. The lowest overall rates for each portion of the exam were in 2016, where the pass rate for both subjects was 38%.
The 2019 AzMERIT results showed that students in seventh, eighth and ninth grade lost points on the English exam compared to 2018 scores, while students in third, fifth and sixth grade lost points in math.
The scores from 2019 also show a small increase in the number of students passing reading and math in most grade levels, but reveal that for the fifth year in a row, more than half of students still aren't passing the test. Overall, passage rates have remained flat.
The next results are expected either in the summer or fall of this year.
What do the assessments measure?
Statewide exams are required and can assist in tracking student progress, college readiness and overall accountability.
Expect More Arizona is a public-private partnership that advocates for improving the quality of education throughout the state. When asked about trends in the state's test scores, Christine Thompson, the organization's chief executive officer, said it's important to look at the bigger picture of education across the state.
"A statewide assessment is a moment in time. It may not tell you the full picture, but it gives you a snapshot of how those students are doing," Thompson said. "Understanding what that snapshot tells us is important."
The AzMERIT exam was designed with a heavy focus on measuring and tracking college and career readiness.
Audra Ahumada, deputy associate superintendent of assessment at the Arizona Department of Education, said that while other factors contribute to a student's college readiness, the assessment is still an effective way to measure these trends.
"We want our students to perform better and show improvement, which leads to better outcomes when they leave," she said.
Ahumada said multiple components, including a teacher shortage, could have contributed to declines in 2019.
Results from both AzMERIT and another assessment, the National Assessment of Educational Progress exam, have also revealed an achievement gap, with lower income students consistently performing at lower rates than the state average.
In Arizona, state law requires third graders to be proficient readers before they can move on to fourth grade. In 2019, the state's third grade reading proficiency results varied significantly between subgroups.
The results showed:
61% of white students were proficient.
The state average proficiency was 46%.
Low-income students had a proficiency rate of 34%.
Hispanic students had a proficiency rate of 36%.
Black students had a proficiency rate of 35%.
And Native American students had a proficiency rate of 22%.
Proficiency rates for low-income and minority students have fluctuated over the years, but have consistently remained lower than the state average.
"One of the challenges that we have to face is to start having difficult conversations about how low-income students are performing and what kind of professional programs do we need to make sure that all students have an opportunity to perform and be the best they can be," she said.
Statewide vs. national assessments
While AzMERIT provides consistent reports on the progress of individual students, the National Assessment of Educational Progress results contribute to a nationwide performance comparison.
Both exams provide important information about academic performance and college readiness.
"Whether you're looking at state or national assessments, test scores in Arizona are showing considerable improvement," said Patrick Ptak, a spokesman for Ducey.
Ptak pointed to last year's one percentage point increase in AzMERIT's overall pass rates in both math and English compared to 2018, as well as the gains seen in fourth grade mathematics on the NAEP exam.
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NAEP is nationally administered every other year to fourth, eighth and twelfth grade students and is designed to assess academic performance through a representative sample of students, as well as looking at trends over time.
Ahumada said the data that NAEP provides is important to the education system as a whole, while AzMERIT provides important information about state standards and how well educators are preparing students.
When comparing Arizona's NAEP scores from 2017 to 2019, results show the average math score in fourth grade improving four points, while eighth grade math dropped two points. There was no change in reading scores for fourth graders, but eighth grade reading dropped four points.
When compared nationally, in 2019, Arizona's percentage of students who are proficient or above is lower than the national average in all categories.
Ahumada said when tracking score changes on both tests, a percentage point or two change is not statistically significant, but anything more than that should be looked at.
"Looking at test numbers in a vacuum is not necessarily helpful," Thompson said. "In a vacuum, you can say 'Hey, we're increasing, things are fine.' But how fine are they?"
Expect More Arizona and the Center for the Future of Arizona are among the groups looking at the longer term progress. They introduced the Arizona Education Progress Meter four years ago to track multiple education goals to be met by 2030. Thompson said, as of now, the state is not on track to meet them.
Some of these goals include 72% of third graders being proficient in reading, 69% of eighth graders prepared for high school math and a 90% high school graduation rate.
Today, 46% of third graders are proficient in reading, 41% of eighth graders are prepared for high school math and the state has a high school graduation rate of 78%. The meter's proficiency categories are measured by the percent of students passing the respective AzMERIT assessments, meaning that the progress rises and falls with AzMERIT scores.
"You can say we're increasing or decreasing but what's your goal?" Thompson said. "Are you on a path to get to where you want to be? Unless you find that, you're missing a mark."
BOTTOM LINE: AzMERIT test results from 2019 show that only some subgroup scores increased while others dropped or remained stagnant. Overall pass rates have fluctuated up and down since AzMERIT's inaugural year in 2015, but have generally remained flat. Overall results on the National Assessment of Education Progress also have not shown significant improvement.
SOURCES: "2019 NAEP Results: AZ Scores Highlight Need to Address Achievement Gap," Expect More Arizona, Oct. 30, 2019; "Arizona Dept. of Education Releases 2015 AzMerit test results," AZED News, Nov. 30, 2015; "More than half of Arizona third-graders didn't pass state reading test, early results show," The Arizona Republic, June 20, 2019; "Arizona Education Progress Meter," Expect More Arizona; "Accountability and Research," Arizona Department of Education; "Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Office of Education," Office of Education; "Governor Ducey delivers 2020 State of the State address," Office of the Governor, Jan. 13, 2020.
See something that AZ Fact Check should evaluate? Email reporter Adrienne Dunn at adrienne.dunn@arizonarepublic.com.


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Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus Cyanocitta, and allied genera of the family Corvidae. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
Note: ☞ The European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a large and handsomely colored species, having the body pale reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on the wings, white. Called also jay pie Jenny jay, and kæ. The common blue jay Cyanocitta cristata.), and the related species, are brilliantly colored, and have a large erectile crest. The California jay (Aphelocoma Californica), the Florida jay (Aphelocoma Floridana), and the green jay (Xanthoura luxuosa), of Texas and Mexico, are large, handsome, crested species. The Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis), and several allied species, are much plainer and have no crest. See Blue jay, and Whisky jack.
Etymology: F. geai, OF. gai jaj, perh. fr. OHG. gāhi. Cf. Gay
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December 15th - Email sent to applicants.
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Life of Muslims in Non Muslim Countries: Japan
December 09, 2018 Jalal HB No comments
Islam in Japan is a relatively new religion. The earliest Muslim records of Japan can be found in the works of the Muslim cartographer Ibn Khordadbeh, who has mentioned Japan as the "lands of Waqwaq": "East of China are the lands of Waqwaq, which are so rich in gold that the inhabitants make the chains for their dogs and the collars for their monkeys of this metal. They manufacture tunics woven with gold. Excellent ebony wood is found there." And: ""Gold and ebony are exported from Waqwaq." Mahmud Kashgari's 11th century atlas indicates the land routes of the Silk Road and Japan in the map's easternmost extent. [1]
From then on, the presence and mention of Muslims is found during the various dynastic rules. Some Portuguese sailors are said to have made a mention of an Arab passenger aboard their ship, who had sailed to the islands in Malacca in 1555 and preached Islam to the people of Japan. The scriptural Islamic made their inroads to Japan in the last quarter of the 19th century when the biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was translated into Japanese. This helped Islam spread and reach the Japanese people. Another important contact was made in 1890 when the Ottoman Empire dispatched a frigate "Ertugrul" to Japan for the purpose of saluting the visit of Japanese Prince Komatsu Akihito to Constantinople several years earlier. However, the vessel was destroyed in a storm along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture on September 16, 1890. [1]
Tokyo Camii (mosque) in Yoyogi, Tokyo -(Photo WAEDA University - Research Associate Hirofumi Okai)
After the Russian October Revolution, hundreds of Turko-Tatar Muslim refugees from Central Asia and Russia came to Japan and given asylum. In 1909 the first ethnic Japanese, Kotaro Yamaoka embraced Islam and took the name Omar Yamaoka. He also became the first Japanese to go on the Hajj. During his journey, he also sought the Sultan's approval for building a mosque in Tokyo. This approval was granted in 1910 and the Tokyo Mosque (more on Tokyo mosque a little while later) completed in 1938. However, Kobe Mosque was Japan's first mosque built in 1935 with the support of the Turko-Tatar community.
Some nationalistic organizations have been instrumental in petitioning the Japanese government on matters such as officially recognizing Islam, along with Shintoism, Christianity and Buddhism as a religion in Japan, and in providing funding and training to Muslim resistance movements in Southeast Asia, such as the Hizbullah, a resistance group funded by Japan in the Dutch Indies. The Greater Japan Muslim League founded in 1930, was the first official Islamic organization in Japan and caused an "Islamic Studies Boom". It was the time when Shūmei Ōkawa managed to complete his translation of the Qur'an.
After the World War II, Turks were the biggest Muslim community in Japan. The Japanese invasion of China and South East Asian regions during the WW II brought the Japanese in contact with Muslims. Those who converted to Islam through them returned to Japan and established in 1953 the first Japanese Muslim organization, the "Japan Muslim Association", which was officially granted recognition as a religious organization in 1968. The economic boom in Japan in the 1980s saw an influx of immigrants to Japan. Today, there are Muslim student associations at some Japanese universities.


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